Hoof-pad.



No.. 832,781. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

J. M. DUKE. HOOP PAD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1906.

JOSEPH M. DOKE, OF FOSTORIA` OHIO.

HOOF-PAD.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed February 26,1906. Serial No. 303,100.

To all Lul/1,0m it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. DOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoof-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a hoof-pad, and has for its object to provide a pad which can be readily put on or taken off without disturbing the shoe and not requiring a specially-construct ed shoe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a hoof, showing the pad applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the pad removed, and Fig.I 5 is a rear end view.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 1() denotes the hoof, to which is secured in the ordinary manner a plain shoe 11. The pad 12 is made of rubber and is open in the center. The suction produced by the hollow portion of the pad effectively serves to prevent the slipping of the animal. The pad is shaped to conform to the shape of the shoe, the tread portion of the pad being corrugated or roughened, as shown, to increase the friction. The pad is secured by sewing or in any other suitable manner to a back plate 13, which is composed of l'ayers of leather seWed together. The back plate is shaped to conform to the curvature of the inner edge of the shoe, within which it snugly iits in contact with the bottom of the hoof.

The fastener for the pad comprises a looped piece of spring-wire which is embedded and securely fastened in the back plate 13. The looped portion 14 of the wire extends outside the front end of the plate 13 andserves to secure that end of the pad to the shoe by extending the loop between the toe portion of the shoe and the hoof, the former part being cut away at this point to form a recess to receive the loop. The free ends 15 of the wire extend outside the plate 13 at the rear end thereof and are bent outwardly to form prongs 16, whereby the rear end of the pad is secured by extending said prongs between the heel portion of the shoe and that part of the hoof, the latter being cut away to form recesses to receive said prongs. The wire is tempered to press outwardly, so that the pressure of the prongs 16 against the heel I tracted heels.

forces it apart. The fastener, therefore, also serves as a remedy and a preventive for con- In severe cases of contraction the pad will be fitted with a stronger spring.

'lhe plate 13 fits snugly against the bottom of the hoof and the inner edge of the shoe, which prevents the pad from moving back or forth or sidewise, and the spring attachment effectively prevents the pad from dropping off. An additional fastening means may be employed, if desired, as a strap 17, secured to the pad and passing over the hoof, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1; The ends of the strap are connected by a buckle or other suitable means.

As the part 12 of the pad is cut out in the center, pressure on the corresponding portion of the hoof is relieved. The rear end of the pad is widened, so as to extend over the frog, and the pad also partly covers the entire shoe from toe to heel, so that all parts of the hoof will be properly cushioned.

The pad can be readily fitted to any hoof by properly trimming the plate 13, and it can be put 0n or taken ofil by an unskilled person. It is simple in construction and can therefore be cheaply produced and requires no specially-constructed shoe. If it is desired to pack the hoof with oakum or tar or the like, it can readily be done, after which the pad can be applied, as before.

A hoof-pad comprising an inner portion formed of layers of leather secured together and shaped to conform to the curvature of the inner edge of the shoe within which it fits, an outer ring of rubber secured to the edges of said inner portion, and extending beyond the same under the face of the shoe, and a wire fastener embedded between said layers of leather and having a projecting loop at the front engaging under the toe of the shoe and projecting ends at the rear engaging in compression under the heels of the shoe at the extremities thereof and bearing outwardly on the heels of the hoof, to expand the same.

In testimony whereof Ihave sigued my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH M. DOKE.

Witnesses:

W. O. BRILGER, E. MAGNER.

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